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English Dictionary: Dak by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dak
n
  1. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye
    Synonym(s): dhak, dak, palas, Butea frondosa, Butea monosperma
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Dak \Dak\ (d[add]k or d[aum]k), n. [Hind. [dsdot][be]k.]
      Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt
      also {dawk}, and {dauk}. [India]
  
      {Dak boat}, a mail boat. --Percy Smith.
  
      {Dak bungalow}, a traveler's rest-house at the end of a dak
            stage.
  
      {To travel by dak}, to travel by relays of palanquins or
            other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.
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